Watchdog

AP Exclusive: Federal government probes possible USAID bid rigs

Associated Press and Larry Margasak · January 24, 2013 5:00 am

FEMA trailers at a staging area in Coblesville, N.Y., from which numerous trailers were auctioned off as "excess" in 2012. (Photo: Schoharie County, N.Y., Sheriff's Department)

Convicted felon’s role in FEMA contracts questioned

Richard Pollock · January 22, 2013 5:00 am

Boeing Dreamliner fires spark new doubts about a green energy technology

Boeing Dreamliner fires spark new doubts about a green energy technology

Richard Pollock · January 22, 2013 5:00 am

Video: Washington Examiner’s Mark Flatten on his ongoing VA investigation

Steve Doty · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia delegate wants to exempt aides from FOIA

Virginia delegate wants to exempt aides from FOIA

Kathryn Watson · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA., says Department of Veterans Affairs officials are failing "to exercise proper stewardship over the American people's money." (AP Photo)

Darrell Issa reminds Eric Shinseki of GSA head’s departure in spending scandal

Examiner Watchdog Staff · January 8, 2013 5:00 am

Watchdog: Second VA official quits after wasteful conferences spotlighted

Mark Flatten · January 8, 2013 5:00 am

Bill Richardson was nominated in 2009 to be Secretary of Commerce but withdrew following reports of state agencies awarding contracts to contributors to the former New Mexico governor's 2008 presidential effort. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Bill Richardson in flap over Ex-Im’s $150 million-plus in funding for Spanish green firm

Examiner Watchdog Staff · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Radical U.S.-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi bought airline tickets for three of the 9/11 terrorists hijackers in the weeks prior to the attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans in New York, Washington, D.C. and Shanksville, PA, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch. (AP Photo)

National Security

UPDATED! Documents show Anwar al-Aulaqi bought airline tickets for three 9/11 terrorists

Examiner Watchdog Staff · January 3, 2013 5:00 am

Top row, left to right: Steven Aftergood, Christopher C. Horner, Patrice McDermott, Jason Stervak, Gary Bass. Bottom row, left to right: Anne Weismann, Gene Policinski, Jim Harper and Daniel Epstein.

Nine people who know how to make government work better, more honestly

Mark Tapscott · January 3, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama signs executive orders Jan. 21, 2009, on government transparency and FOIA, saying "for a long time now, there's been too much secrecy in this city. The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing something to the American people, then it should not be disclosed. That era is now over." (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Transparency advocates see tough year, growing EPA ‘Windsorgate’ scandal ahead

Mark Tapscott · January 2, 2013 5:00 am

The Pentagon IG cites flaws in 32 Navy sole-source awards

National Security

The Pentagon IG cites flaws in 32 Navy sole-source awards

Examiner Watchdog Staff · December 21, 2012 5:00 am